The Sims 4

Age Extension and Immortality

The Sims 4 Life Extension and Immortality
Drinking the Essence of Life from a Cow Plant will reset your Sim back to day 1 of their current life stage. Potions of Youth do the same, costing 1500 Satisfaction.

There are a few ways to make your Sim live forever in The Sims 4. Some involve cheats, while others do not. Let's explore some of the means of life-extension in the game, and what we can do to make that a regular part of the Sim's life.

Non-Cheating

Age Settings
Know that there are aging settings in The Sims 4's gameplay options menu. You can select whether all Sims age, or only those in your household, or disable aging entirely. Setting the Life Span to long will make children and teens take quite some time to age up, but you'll have loads of time to accumulate satisfaction for the following reward.

Potion of Youth
The Potion of Youth Reward is the easiest means of keeping a Sim youthful without cheating. The potion only gives one drink, but will reset the Sim back to the beginning of their current age group. Use it right before they age up for maximum value. Simply accrue 1,500 Satisfaction points by pursuing Whims and your Sim's Aspiration. and purchase this. You can even transfer these between Sims. This is my main go-to for keeping Sims young. However, there are other a couple of other options.

Cow Plant
When a cow plant kills a Sim, they give an essence of life that can be drank, offering the same benefit as a Potion of Youth. But a Sim must be killed. Don't feed the cow plant, and have them in a place guests will mingle or else have one of your own Sims take the cake it puts out as bait when hungry. Do this once, the Sim gets a negative moodlet. Do it a second time, and the Sim dies and leaves behind the essence, which is available when you milk it. You can learn more about Cow Plants in the Gardening Guide.

Get to Work - Scientist and Cloning Machine
Scientists can make the Age-Away serum, which will reset a Sim's age back to day 1 just as the other options do. It also is rather easy to get, though you've got to be level 10 in the Career. Additionally, the Scientist Career gets access to the cloning machine which can be used to make copies of potions, such as Age Away and Potion of Youth, and even Ambrosia or its ingredients. There are other great benefits to this Career, so I highly recommend it.

Cheating

Free Potion of Youth
Multiple routes to a free Potion of Youth. You can cheat to give your Sim points by using sims.give_satisfaction_points 1500 (or more) with testingcheats on. Additionally, you can use bb.showhiddenobjects to be able to find potions of youth for $0 in buy mode (use the search function).

Make Sim a Ghost
This requires a cosmetic change, given your Sim will be transparent. Look to our Ghosts Guide for cheats to make your Sim a type of ghost and take on the side effect of immortality. They won't age, and can't die!

Edit in CAS
Apparently, at time of writing, using the cas.fulleditmode cheat along with testingcheats to set your Sim back in age will result in them losing all their reward traits, while aspirations stay completed. This is no good, as you'd have to cheat to add them back in given the inability to redo the aspiration. Just use the points cheat above for this!

Prevent Death

With all this stated, Death can still take you (unless you're a Ghost). The solution to this is to have a Sim who has Death Flowers (Graft Orchid with Pomegranate) in their inventory to protect the other Sim from death by giving them to Grim on his visit. Additionally, Sims with high level Mischief can toy with death to perhaps prevent a Sim from dying, Sims can plead, and this works better when they're Confident.

Mods

Eternal and Immortal Buyable Traits
Created by vitopiresa at modthesims.info, you can buy the two listed traits for 6,000 and 8,000 satisfaction each. These are permanent. Eternal stops a Sim from aging, while Immortal will prevent a Sim being taken from the reaper. You can Download the Mod Here.

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R00T13says...
Thank you Carl! Laugh
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Carlsays...
Hey glad you brought this up on the Forum, it inspired me to make the page.

I updated it today, thanks to a friendly visitor from reddit.com/r/thesims who noticed I hadn't put the cloning machine in there. With it, you can copy Potions of Youth, Ambrosia and Age Away potions. Good stuff :)
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FrenchKisssays...
Grin Thanks for making this Carl ;) Like Anakin said, you've everything so organized and I found what I needed! I'll make sure to check your other ones if I need to find something!
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Katiesays...
Carl,all the cheats that are on here wont work do you know why?:huh im playing on PC does that effect anything?
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Playalotsays...
The cheats are still all active and working. Have a read through Carl's Guide to cheats and also a thread on the forum that is really useful.
Guide To Using Cheats
Forum thread on how To Turn On Testingcheats
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Tianasays...
Mines was the same, but I looked into it on the site and found that if you typed testingcheats on it would all work... I'm not an expert but this worked for me.Laugh Huh Grin
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Patricksays...
Try this typ in testing cheats on then try the cheats you want to use but typ them how they are shown
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TheGameLord53says...
pleads also work better when flirty and worse when angry or sad
Admin: Any interactions where there is even a buried negative moodlet will have a higher chance of failure. Especially marriage proposals. There is also a special interaction with Grim when your sim is flirty that has a better chance of success than pleading.
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Jasonsays...
How Do You Get Cloning Machines?
Admin: From the Active Scientist Career that came with Get To Work Click for Guide to Scientist Career
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Anakinsays...
Carl, I love this website. You always have everything organized and everything that I need. I was looking at your website back in Sims 3 and I really appreciate it.
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Carlsays...
Thanks for the compliment, I hope it's as easy to find things when we are at 150+ pages.
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Goldisays...
Hi carl like your guidesSmileCool
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HansomeDudesays...
I use this website every time I need to get some Sims 4 facts. Thanks for making this website! Smile
Admin: Glad that we could help you :)
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MoonLocksays...
Carl, could you find a cheat that lets you make a sim younger? It's sad to see my favorite sims become old.
Admin: You can revert their age in create-a-sim using cas.fulleditmode, but I hear they lose their reward traits when you do this. Sadly, the best thing to do is either tweak the game's settings to stop them aging or be proactive with your life extension methods, always earning enough points to get a potion of youth or some other method before they age up.
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Stewdysays...
TwistedMexi's custom cheat mods work well. After downloading and installing his mod use CNTL + SHIFT + C in game to go to the "cheat mode" then enter "TM.setage {age level} {sim 1st name} {sim last name}" and return. You can reset your active sim's age even easier with "TM.setage {age level}" and return. Go to this URL "https://www.reddit.com/r/sims4Cheats/wiki/customcheats" to download them.
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KILOsays...
To anyone who's interested there's a mod on Modthesims.info that adds "Eternal" and "Immortal" as Aspiration Rewards. Really useful mod for stopping your sims from agingSmile
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Erica Bridgessays...
Hey found a cheat :::
CTRL+SHFIT+C and type in Setage. This will set ur sim back to original age
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Ninonsays...
Is there a cheat that could help me to kill a sim? Or how could I kill a sim?
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Izzysays...
A way to kill a sim is to build a 1x1 square pool, build walls around it and add a door and have your sim go swim in it. Once they are swimming pause it and go back into build mode, and delete the door. It takes a while but eventually they get hungry or tired and drown. Laugh
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Tianasays...
LOL I always do that!!ScaredScaredLaughLaughSmileSmileGrinGrin
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Cosettesays...
You can try the cheats from TwistedMexi's site
https://www.reddit.com/r/sims4Cheats/wiki/index#wiki_help_your_sim_
over_the_edge_.28influence_death.29
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SimsFoLifesays...
Hey, this mod looks great but apparently you cant use it anymore with the december 4th patch. could you fix it please?BlushBlushBlushBlush
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SimsFoLifesays...
I mean the immortality and eternal mod
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Cosettesays...
Try again it was updated on Dec 8th
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Playalotsays...
You will need to contact the modder who made this. Neither Carl or I have had anything to do with the creation of this so we can't help you!
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Izzysays...
Thanks for this website, Carl. I come on here a lot due to finding cheat codes, and more information about the game. This is a very helpful website and I appreciate you creating it. Grin Smile
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Madisonsays...
Is there a way to speed up aging, but not quite killing them
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Playalotsays...
You can always bake a cake and age them up until elder by blowing out the candles enough times. Smile
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Faithsays...
Huh Can this also be used to make them age slower?
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Playalotsays...
Best way to make sims age slower is in the Game Menu>Game Options>Gameplay then set the age to 'Long'. Smile
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lizz creepysays...
Smile
nice
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Yumisays...
I cant add the cheats codes, I press ctrl+shif+c and type the codes and enter.Sad
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Playalotsays...
There's a post on the forum that might help. Have a read through it.
How to Turn on Cheats
The cheat is working. Have you tried just copying and pasting it into the cheats console?

sims.give_satisfaction_points 1500
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Johnny Appleseedsays...
Thank You
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Kisa the Tigersays...
Thank you for the cheats there very helpful!! Smile When I was on YouTube I found a series that a person called StealthpenguineGamerGirl made using Sims 4 and In 1 of the videos she made one of the Sims she was controlling was the GRIM REAPER HIMSELF! My question is: How could she take control of him like that?
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Playalotsays...
I've got a Grim that I control as the game randomly moved him into a house and so when I play that house I play as Grim! You can also turn on 'testingcheats on' and when you see Grim (or kill a sim so he spawns) shift right click and add him to your family. Just don't take Grim into CAS as he weirds-out and loses his deep voice and floating ability sometimes.
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Juviasays...
Dear Carl, another way to change a sims ago is; Type Testingcheats On ( or true) , type Cas.fulleditmode, shift click a sim, and press 'Modify in CAS' then it takes you to Creat-A-Sim but with a sim that's already been created. There you can change their age group, their voice, their relationships, even their gender and traits. Hope this has been helpful
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Playalotsays...
Sometimes making a sim younger in CAS deletes the reward traits they have gained through completing aspirations. The problem is the aspirations stay completed but the reward traits have been wiped meaning the aspiration can not be completed again to regain the corresponding reward trait. Smile
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Jennifersays...
How do I make a ghost a human again??
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Playalotsays...
traits.remove_trait X where x is how the sim died. There is a full explanation on the Ghost Guide.
Ghost Guide
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you cant touch thissays...
is there a cheat to stop aging
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Playalotsays...
Not a cheat but you can turn aging off in your game control settings.
Options Menu>Game Controls>Game Play> then auto age played sims 'no'. You can also use satisfaction points and purchase the Potion of Youth which resets the sims age back to the beginning of whatever age stage they are in.
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Jasonsays...
carl your cheats are so MLG
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Wiseguysays...
One more way it's called rebirth it doesn't stop your dude from dieing however it helps keep the generations working all you do a name a great grand kid your name LaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaugh
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I need some helpsays...
Dear Carl, One of my sims died, but is there a cheat to make him human again??
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Playalotsays...
The Ghost's Guide explains how to use cheats to return a sim to the land of the living!
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Ceciliasays...
I forgot to make a sim immortal when another sim died, and it was so sad that i just planted the cow plant from oasis springs. Please help me decide how to make my sim immortal.
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Playalotsays...
There are cheats on the Ghost Guide or info on how to give make and use ambrosia.
Ambrosia Guide
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Crazy simmersays...
Thanks for this website it really helps me out when I want to try out new things! Laugh


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